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National Health Interview Survey, 1988 (ICPSR 9412)

Principal Investigator(s):United States Department of Health and Human Services. National Center for Health Statistics

Summary:

The basic purpose of the National Health Interview Survey
(NHIS) is to obtain information about the amount and distribution of
illness, its effects in terms of disability and chronic impairments,
and the kinds of health services people receive. Household variables in
this data collection include type of living quarters, size of family,
number of families in household, and geographic region. Person
variables include sex, age, race, marital status, veteran status,
education, income, industry and o... (more info)

The basic purpose of the National Health Interview Survey
(NHIS) is to obtain information about the amount and distribution of
illness, its effects in terms of disability and chronic impairments,
and the kinds of health services people receive. Household variables in
this data collection include type of living quarters, size of family,
number of families in household, and geographic region. Person
variables include sex, age, race, marital status, veteran status,
education, income, industry and occupation codes, and limits on
activity. The Condition, Doctor Visit, and Hospital files contain
information on each reported condition, two-week doctor visit, or
hospitalization (12-month recall), respectively.

Access Notes

These data are freely available.

This study is maintained and distributed by the National Archive of Computerized Data on Aging (NACDA), the aging program within ICPSR. NACDA
is sponsored by the National Institute on Aging (NIA) at the National Institutes of Heath (NIH).

Study Description

Citation

U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics. NATIONAL HEALTH INTERVIEW SURVEY, 1988. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Health and Human Services, National Center for Health Statistics [producer], 1989. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1990. http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09412.v1

Universe:
Civilian, noninstitutionalized population of the 50 states
and the District of Columbia.

Data Types:
survey data

Data Collection Notes:

Per agreement with NCHS, ICPSR distributes the data
file(s) and technical documentation in this collection in their
original form as prepared by NCHS. The age distribution for the Person
file is: ages 0-44 (N=83,883), ages 45-54 (N=12,362), ages 55-64
(N=10,940), ages 65-74 (N=9,286), ages 75+ (N=5,839), black respondents
(N=18,713), and Hispanic respondents (N=9,582). The data contain
ampersands, dashes, and blank codes.

Methodology

Sample:
Starting in 1985, the NHIS multistage probability sampling
from 1,924 geographically defined Primary Sampling Units (PSUs) design
incorporates several major changes that facilitate linkages with other
National Center for Health Statistics surveys, improve precision of
estimates, and reduce costs. Starting with an all-area frame, a reduced
number of 201 PSUs were selected, including two from each
nonself-representing stratum. Black persons were oversampled. Four
independent representative samples were drawn which may be used in any
combination.

Data Source:

personal interviews

Version(s)

Original ICPSR Release:1990-10-16

Version History:

2006-01-18 File CB9412.ALL.PDF was removed from any previous datasets and flagged as a study-level file, so that it will accompany all downloads.